Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1887-12-11
NEWSPAPER NoToRIETY.


NEWSPAPER NoToRiETY.
what the Press says % Prominent People
In y4rloss- Parts 81 the 4biiable Globe
Mrs Celia Thaxter, ia artist and poet,
has become a coayert 70 esotersc Buddhism
Mrs \. p Willis, widow OF the poet and
essayist, vii taxa a house IA Washington for
.he winter.
senator Stanford Is % bring 100 vineyard
ists from Bordeaux 70 work among his Cali
fornia viass
Mrs Susan B. Anthony and other ladies'
interested IN the work are organizing woman
suffrage clubs in Indiana
Elias Wayrsaa, Of YORK state, Is i04 years
old and has used tobacco for ninety four
years. lie fears IL wiu BE- the death Of HIM
yet II he cannot break Of the habit
Thomas {. Hancs. OK Aecedon, y. Y, is
l06 years old he Is bent and wrinkled, and
white haired and weak eyed and deaf, as be-
dts his ago, but otherwise he IS in sound con-
dition."
The empress Of Japan and her ladies abhor
tailor made suits, but love flowers and bright
fancies and dote upon mirthful conversation.
They always endsavor to remain little maids
from school
One OF the most successful surgeons OF
Phlade!phia IS Dr. Caroline V. Anderson,
the daughter Of a wealthy negro coal mer-
chant. She was graduated from the medical
department. OF the University Of Pennsyl-
vania-
The archbishop of Munich, Bavaria, has
protested against she performance Of Zoelin-
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OF his election Il that three archangels are
introduced IN the prologue acting and
talking ia the presence Of God
Verestchagin, the Russian artist, viii paint
some realistic SCENES OF poverty and eviction
among the irish peasants. lie has also made
some sketches OF the tramps' rendezvous in
1 Trafalgar square, Loadon, which he VIII
produce with accumulated horrors on canvas
Pope Leo XIa is very fond OF agriculture,
and mas a passion for planting trees. One Of
his first works after bis election was to plant
the garden OF the Vatican with fruit trees
and vines, and this year FOR the first time the
grapes OF the Vatican garden are turned into
/ wine. His holiness superintsnds the opera
ton and gives the necessary orders.
Mrs. Charles Dickens, who is visiting this
I country With her husband, is described as a
motheriy, sweet faced little English matron
/ OF the true British type, ever % the bit Of
| lace that answers for a cap and res on the
bands Of smooth hair that is brushed so care
7 fully OF her pleasant face-a type of woman
so distinctly different from the American
natron-
Archibald Forbes has become familiar
/ figure on the streets OF Washington. Mr..
/ FORBES is still extremely weak, but his ply
sicians do not consider his case hopeless. he
hiss a magnificent physique and strong con-
stitution, and his Improvement in health
since be- reached the capital is considered a
most favorable sign. He and his wife re-
ceive a great many invitations to dinners
and receptions, but owing TO his feebleness
are obliged to forego social pleasures
Robest Louis Stevenson is living in neat
/ little cottage On the Saranac river at thinly
settled point. With him are his wife, mother
1 and stspson, Lloyd Osborn. Mr. Stevenson is
constantly growing stronger. BE walks about
/ half q mIie every aay over the snow, making
Use Of Indian moccssiRs in MS short tramps.
/ His spirits have improved wonder ully since
be entered the woods, and ne smokes fewer
cigarettes than formally. The cold, windless
/ pinv air which he breathes has strengthened
his lunss and put new life into his frame.
When Mrs Lanztry was called before the
! curtain recently IN Toronto theatre a con-
/ siderable number in the audience called for a
I speech. After hesitatiBg for moment she
I said. II thank you for your kind and cordial
/ reception Of me, and | assure you that what
| ever corner Of the earth I may be in I shall
I always rstain warm spot in ny heart for
/ Toronto There is another reason why | am
interested IN your city. I have dear brother
! buried in St James cemetery, and | don't
ike 70 think OF BIN as being among stran-
gers. l want you ell as you pass 10 put a
! flower on his grave FOR my sake
Madeleine GARNER a niece Ok joaquin Nil
Ter i a clerk in the first assistant postmaster
generals Office. She lives entirely alone in
the log cabin erected by Miller on Meridian
/ hill jus; outside CT v ashinEton. She seems
g have no fear Of danger in her out Of the
way retreat. ard attributes her lack Of ner-
, vousnesS TO a clear conscience and the pos
/ session OF trrsSty revolver. She is crack
! shot with this weapon. and devotes some II
her spare moments every DAY 70 pistol prac-
/ tice she il artistic in her tastes, and her
sketches are extremely clever. At her de-
partxneut desk she is retiring, industrious
sad able.